Case Law

20 September 2013 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Topic(s): Anti-terrorism law - Denial of refugee status - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of assembly and association - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) - Non-refoulement - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Italy - Turkey

5 August 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Countries: Canada - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

3 July 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Human rights activists - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation - Prison or detention conditions - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 May 2013 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: The Hague District Court | Countries: Iraq - Netherlands

12 February 2013 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Countries: Belgium - Morocco

UNHCR interventions related to this judgment: Yasser al-Sirri (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) and DD (Afghanistan) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent): UNHCR'S composite case in the two linked appeals, 23 March 2012 ; YS (Egypt) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent). Case for the Intervener (UNHCR), 19 November 2008.

21 November 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal dismissed on grounds that the applicant’s actions as a member of a group that burned passenger buses and cars, threw stones, and disrupted the economic activity of merchants in the market, while pretending to be from the opposition party in order to discredit such party, reached the level of serious criminal conduct which outweighed its political nature and therefore constituted a serious nonpolitical crime.

11 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

13 July 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

13 July 2012 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil d'État | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Terrorism | Countries: Belgium - Morocco